H5. Firemark Facility

When the adventurers arrive at the Firemark Facility, read:

This brown-and-red brick building is larger than you expected, its black-iron roof stretching over a massive compound. The scent of sulfur and blasting powder, familiar from the prison cell, is faint on the air here. As you draw near, a gnome guard approaches you with a suspicious look.

The gnome guard does her best to shoo the adventurers away from this restricted site. The characters can sway her with a 15 gp bribe, or can attempt to talk their way past with a successful DC 14 Charisma (Deception or Intimidation) check. Once inside, they can speak with the site’s blast gaffer, Sleese.

Blast Gaffer Sleese Firemark

Sleese Firemark (a lawful neutral, male gnome commoner) is a hotheaded fellow who seems intent on working himself into an early grave. He isn’t happy about having his workflow interrupted but entertains questions from the characters for a few moments. If the adventurers inquire about any missing blasting powder, Sleese denies that any such thing could happen, checks his ledgers, and confirms that all is accounted for. He touts the rather impressive guard force that watches over the facility and the importance of the work done there with the escalating need to overpower the Kryn. He might also lament that the facility’s most talented powder artisan has been out ill for a few weeks.

A Missing Master

If asked about the ill artisan, Sleese Firemark mentions that a gnome named Nima Cinnarid had been one of the Firemark Facility's most diligent suppliers of raw materials and most skilled crafters of high-quality Blasting Powder, at least until she took ill three weeks ago. She’s been holed up in her house in the northern part of the Ironlot ever since. A few of her Firemark compatriots have tried to visit her, but she won’t let anyone in. Sleese Firemark is noticeably fearful over how bad this illness might be.

Treasure

Sleese offers a pouch of Blasting Powder (see the “Alchemical Items” sidebar) as a gift if the characters agree to check in on Nima Cinnarid. He can direct them to her house at area H6.

Parent Plot

1. A Boom in the Night

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